This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 10 titles deal with the following topics: (1) the development of an instrument to assess the communication needs of the community college; (2) the development of a kindergarten through twelfth grade interdisciplinary approach to communication skills; (3) the relationships among organizational communication structures and learning outcomes in college level communication courses; (4) a comparison of computer assisted, audiotaped, and "in vivo" systematic desensitization for the treatment of communication apprehension; (5) the development of criteria for establishing basic oral communication skills programs in elementary schools; (6) a statewide attempt to register and certify Minnesota state high school league speech contest judges; (7) the effects of human relations groups on fourth grade students' self-esteem and communications skills; (8) the effectiveness of student-oriented learning outcomes in a community college introduction to speech communication course; (9) the effects of stress inoculation training and conversation skills training on shy college students; and (10) a developmental communication skills program for Southeast Alaska native students. (FL)